"The random bobblehead."

#229
"The random bobblehead." Bonus Content; Giving Talks
Roundtable
2021.08.12
A rendered image of a black hole. It shows a blazing ring surrounding a dark disk, floating in empty space.

It's that time again! Time for another episode, that is. Mark tries to convince his fellow hosts that games should include more bonus content—developer commentary, concept art, and so forth. Stephen talks about giving talks, even though he doesn't like to give talks. And Ellen finished a game!

What should Ellen play next? A poll for you!
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Twitter
My Boy! Emulator (Android app)
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Google Play Store
Is this the episode in which Martha and Stephen tried to teach Mark about Pokémon?
"How would I know that?"
Too Many Choices: A Problem That Can Paralyze
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Alina Tugend
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The New York Times

Header image: The fictional black hole, "Gargantua," from the film Interstellar (2014). Credit: Double Negative @ https://www.dneg.com/

The "postroll funny" is a line from the poem "What Did?" by Shel Silverstein as published in the collection A Light in the Attic.

Bonus Content

0:12:16
Mark LaCroix
Gaming
Production

Games mentioned in this segment included:

  • Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • Closed Hands
  • 30 Flights of Loving
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Batman: Arkham series

A previous NGC episode discussed the topic of "unlockables."

"Please cheat, I don't care."
‘Ask Iwata’ Book Review: A Much Needed Chronicle Of A Gaming Legend
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Ollie Barder
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Forbes
Wrinkles in Spacetime: The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar
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Adam Rogers
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Wired
First Images of a Black Hole from the Event Horizon Telescope*
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Susanna Kohler
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AAS NOVA
Game Changers (2019 exhibit)
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Science Museum of Minnesota

* CORRECTION: The black hole in question is Messier 87, not "TON 68" as Ellen mentioned on the podcast. The designation of the black hole that Ellen thought she was referring to is TON 618. The black hole that's part of the TON 618 quasar is one of the most massive black holes ever discovered.